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21 May 2012
A Jan Svankmajer Retrospective
Steve Williams discusses the magical and macabre world of Jan Svankmajer, the animator of Prague.

Festival Preview
4 May 2012
British Independent Film Festival
The British Independent Film festival kicks off next weekend. Here's a preview.

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1 Apr 2012
Adrift in Tokyo: A Brief Miki Satoshi Retrospective
Road movie shenanigans (with minimal car use and plenty of footsteps) abound in Miki Satoshi's comedy drama Adrift in Tokyo.

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22 Mar 2012
Dreaming With Your Eyes Open: Surrealism and the Czech New Wave
Part two of Steve Williams' introduction to the strange and surreal world of Czech cinema.

Festival Preview
17 Mar 2012
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2012
Hannah Patterson previews the forthcoming BFI Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

Festival review
1 Mar 2012
Glasgow Film Festival 2012 Weimarvellous
Steve Williams reports on the Weimarvellous strand of the Glasgow Film Festival.

Festival Review
26 Feb 2012
East Winds Film Festival
The East Winds Film Festival makes a welcome return for a second year.

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23 Feb 2012
Dreaming With Your Eyes Open: Surrealism and the Czech New Wave
With a forthcoming retrospective of Jan Svankmajer's films at the Glasgow film festival, Steve Williams introduces us to the strange and surreal world of Czech cinema.

Festival Preview
16 Feb 2012
Glasgow Film Festival 2012
Steve Williams previews this year's Glasgow Film Festival

Book Extract
28 Jan 2012
Short Films: Writing the Screenplay
Exclusive to Kamera, an extract from Patrick Nash's Short Films: Writing the Screenplay. Essential reading for filmmakers.

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10 Jan 2012
Short Films:Writing the Screenplay
Ever wanted to write a screenplay for a short film? Patrick Nash's new book will give you all the advice you will need.

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29 Dec 2011
Believing in Dinosaurs
Paddy Considine recently asked what social realism actually was. Carmel Doohan gives us her perspective.

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18 Dec 2011
When the Ghosts Are Freed No Gates Can Keep Them at Bay
Steve Williams writes about reality and emancipation in Romanian cinema.

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9 Dec 2011
The Unbearable Lightness of Drieu La Rochelle
Le Feu Follet is Drieu La Rochelle's existentialist tragedy. It has been filmed twice - once by Louis Malle and, more recently, as Oslo, 31st August by Joachim Trier.

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20 Nov 2011
A Woman's View: In Camera with Female Filmmakers
Let's hear it for the girls - Christine Westwood writes about female filmmakers currently making waves in the movie industry.

Festival Preview
11 Nov 2011
Newport International Film Festival
The 5th International Film Festival at Newport opens on the 12 November.

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3 Nov 2011
An Interview with Miranda July
Christine Westwood chats with Miranda July whose film The Future is released today.

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22 Oct 2011
Films From A Far Off Country: Friday On My Mind Part 3
The final part of Christine Westwood's fascinating insight into the Friday on My Mind talks from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

Festival Preview
12 Oct 2011
London Film Festival 2011
The 55th London Film Festival starts today. Hannah Patterson previews the highlights.

Career Overview
8 Oct 2011
Big in Japan - A Profile of Gackt
Bunraku, an origami samurai western is soon to be released on DVD. Glenn Watson writes about one of its stars - the amazingly talented Gackt.

Festival Preview
6 Oct 2011
Grimmfest
It's Grimm Up North - and frightening too. Read the preview of Manchester's forthcoming festival of horror.

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30 Sep 2011
Longing for Shipwrecks and Sudden Death – Lars von Trier, German Romanticism and the Nazis
Lars von Trier's Melancholia is out in cinemas now. Steve Williams writes about this contraversial director - a filmmaker of simple extremes and polarities.

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1 Sep 2011
Films From A Far Off Country: Friday On My Mind Part 2
Read Part 2 of Christine Westwood's fascinating insight into the Friday on My Mind talks from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

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16 Aug 2011
Bunraku – From Festival to Front Room
Forget Cowboys and Aliens, how about cowboys and samurai? Glenn Watson previews Guy Moshe's indie actioner Bunraku.

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